diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index dcf1fe5867..ca1a84827a 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -930,10 +930,17 @@ class BaseTask(object):
         '''
         Create a temporary directory for job-related files.
         '''
-        path = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='awx_%s_' % instance.pk, dir=settings.AWX_PROOT_BASE_PATH)
-        os.chmod(path, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IXUSR)
+        pdd_wrapper_path = tempfile.mkdtemp(
+            prefix=f'pdd_wrapper_{instance.pk}_',
+            dir=settings.AWX_PROOT_BASE_PATH
+        )
+        os.chmod(pdd_wrapper_path, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IXUSR)
         if settings.AWX_CLEANUP_PATHS:
-            self.cleanup_paths.append(path)
+            self.cleanup_paths.append(pdd_wrapper_path)
+
+        path = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='awx_%s_' % instance.pk,
+                                dir=pdd_wrapper_path)
+        os.chmod(path, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IXUSR)
         runner_project_folder = os.path.join(path, 'project')
         if not os.path.exists(runner_project_folder):
             # Ansible Runner requires that this directory exists.